Bottle.



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7 .1. H. MATTHES.

BOTTLE.

(Application filed. my 16, 1900.

T ay- (No Model.)

JULIUS I-I. MATTHES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

B 0 TT L E SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,993, dated April 2, 1901. Application filed May 16; 1900. Serial No. 16,847. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J ULIUs H. MATTHES, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottles, and more particularly to that class of bottles made of wood.

It has heretofore been proposed to construct bottles of wood for the reception of. liquor, such as whisky or the like,the quality of which is improved by contact with wood during storage. Such bottles as heretofore constructed have usuallybeen turned from a solid block of wood in the\shape of an ordinary bottle and provided with a suitable bottom inserted and held in placerin any suitable manner. The grain of the wood fromwhich the bottle is turned extends longitudinally of the bottle,

and it results therefrom that at the shoulder which I will now proceed to describe and will then particularly point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in vertical section, of a bottle embodying my invention in one form; and Fig. 2 is a plan section of the same.

In carrying out my'invention 1 construct the bottle with a body portion 1, which is turned from a solid block of wood in the usual manner, being open at the bottom and being provided with a separate bottom 2, secured in position bya retaining-ring?) or in any other suitable manner. In conjunction with. this wooden body I employ a wooden lining 4:, also turned from a solid block and so shaped externally as to fit snugly within the body 1. Between the body 1 and lining 4 I employ a body of impervious material of such a character as to prevent the passage of the liquid stored in the bottle. I prefer to use for this purpose paraflimbut any suitable material may be substituted therefor which is neutral to the constituents of the liquor, so that it will be un'aflected thereby and, reciprocally, the liquor will not be affected. The paraffin may be either applied to the exterior of the lining at before this latter is placed within the body 1 or the body may be coated or filled as to its interior before the lining 18 inserted.

Where paraffin 'is used, it will of course be. heated to the melting-point before application. The lining a is provided with a separate bottom 6, secured in position in any suitable manner-as, for instance, by a retaining-ring '7. The wood of which the bottle is constructed will preferably be treated with some suitable chemical to prevent cracking or checking.

It will be seen that by reason of the construction which I have devised a bottle or liquid-package is obtained of such a nature that the contents thereof is exposed directly to contact with wood and that the bottle may be turned directly from the block without any danger of loss by leakage, owing to the presence of the coating or body of impervious ma-.

terial. By locating this body of impervious material between the main body and the lin ing the wooden contact-surface for the liquor is preserved, which would not be the case if the impervious material were applied to the interior of the vessel, in which case it would cover the contact-surface and prevent access terior of the bottle or package, which disposition thereof is obviously disadvantageous.

I do not limit myself to theprecise details hereinbefore set forth, as they obviously may be varied without departing from the princilining, and an intermediatebody of impervious material, substantially as described.

2. A bottle or package for liquor or the like,

comprising an outer body, an inner porous loo said body and lining, substantially as described.

5. A bottle for liquor or the like, comprising a 'wooden body of bottle shape, a turned Wooden lining adapted to fit within said body, the grain of the Wood extending longitudinally of said lining, and a body of impervious material between said body and lining, substantially as described.

JULIUS H. MATTHES.

Witnesses: I

FREDERICK O; GOODWIN, IRVINE MILLER. 

